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asylum seeker
Joined: 22 Jul 2007
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 Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:13 am Post subject: Desktop or Laptop? |
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| Ive been thinking about getting a computer soon but I'm not sure which one to go for. I'm not a hardcore gamer and I'm happy playing older games and I'd mainly be used for internet. I'm planning on being in Korea another year. I know you can get much more for your money if you buy a desktop but then if you want to take it home at the end its more difficult. Do you think I'd be better off getting a laptop then? I think the laptop keyboards are a bit difficult for gaming on.. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:16 am Post subject: Re: Desktop or Laptop? |
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| asylum seeker wrote: |
| Ive been thinking about getting a computer soon but I'm not sure which one to go for. I'm not a hardcore gamer and I'm happy playing older games and I'd mainly be used for internet. I'm planning on being in Korea another year. I know you can get much more for your money if you buy a desktop but then if you want to take it home at the end its more difficult. Do you think I'd be better off getting a laptop then? I think the laptop keyboards are a bit difficult for gaming on.. |
An entry level desktop will suit your needs and run under 500k won with a monitor included.
It is NOT that hard to get home. A computer tech can tear it down for you (20k won) and it will fit into a SMALL box when everything is removed from the case.
Alternatively you can get a portable hard drive to dump your data onto and sell the system when it is time to go home.
Desktops are double the bang for 1/2 the bucks when compared to laptops.
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Greekfreak
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Do what I'm going to do and pick up a laptop on your way out of Korea; in the interim, pick up a mid-priced desktop and a decent monitor. You can take the monitor with you, and crud up your hard drive and not care. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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I prefer desktops, but if you aren't willing to find a buyer when the time comes, I'd go laptop. It's going to be nearly as much hassle to tear down and box up a destop as it is to sell it.
However, if it was me I'd buy a desktop, sell it before I leave, and put my stuff on a removable hard drive if I had data I wanted to keep. |
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asylum seeker
Joined: 22 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the advice. I'd rather get a desktop too. |
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esetters21
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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| I have 2 laptops and a desktop. The only time a laptop gets used is when I need to do some work at school. I give my vote to a nice desktop with an external drive as well as the internal. |
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The King of Kwangju
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Location: New York City
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| Greekfreak wrote: |
| Do what I'm going to do and pick up a laptop on your way out of Korea; in the interim, pick up a mid-priced desktop and a decent monitor. You can take the monitor with you, and crud up your hard drive and not care. |
Strange advice. I think you have this backwards. |
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jazblanc77
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